Jose Maria Robles Hurtado

Jose Maria Robles Hurtado (3 May 1888-26 June 1927) was a Mexican Catholic priest who was martyred by the Mexican Army during the Cristero War.

Biography
Jose Maria Robles Hurtado was born in Mascota, Jalisco, Mexico in 1888, and he entered the Catholic seminary at Guadalajara at the age of 12 and was ordained in 1913 at the age of 25. He wrote a number of works to propagate the Catholic faith and became pastor at Tecolotlan, and he became so devoted to the Eucharist that he was nicknamed the "Madman of the Sacred Heart". He opposed the anti-clerical constitution of 1917, proclaiming Jesus Christ the "King of Mexico" and declaring the nation's devotion to the Sacred Heart. In 1927, during the Cristero War, he was arrested by the Mexican Army at his church and hanged inside of it, as preaching was forbidden during the state of emergency. Victoriano Ramirez and his Cristeros later raided the church, hanged the officer responsible, and cut Hurtado down from his noose.